Inspiration

by Graciious Tapfuma “One day, our Mothers may ask ‘Who do you love completely?’ and we may grow to respond ‘Ourselves. Ourselves. Our lovely selves.’” Upile Chisala Thirty-three days before my 23rd birthday, I started what I now see as a life-transforming…

Send me some of that magic, She said. Send me some of that extraordinary magic, which hides behind your greyish sapphire eyes, and glows like tinker bell’s pixie dust, which enhances all the beauty you withhold. Send me your secret…

He set the picnic basket down by the towering oak tree. The sweet smell of the vegetation ripening in the Indian summer conquered our senses as I was running around the field, changing the angle of my arms and mimicking…

They say life’s beauty lies in its unpredictability. What once harmed you might in some way heal you in a different phase. You can’t tell exactly when the first drop of rain would fall but you can always guess. If…

When we think about inspiration, we think of those ordinary people that have done extraordinary things in either our lives or for the world. We admire them for standing up for their beliefs and for being talented, selfless, patriotic, creative,…

Let’s just start off by saying how good it was to say goodbye to 2016. We were running out of legends; shocked by Brexit and then, Trump. We spent the last twelve months waiting to get to 2017, and now,…